HB427
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Amend KRS 164.2951 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to create statewide transfer pathways between the public postsecondary institutions in the high-demand baccalaureate programs; require the council to define, identify, and publish on its website a list of the high-demand baccalaureate programs and the available transfer pathways; require the council to maintain transfer pathways once created; require postsecondary institutions to accept transfer credit, earned or accepted at the prior institution within pathways as general education or program general education credit before applying credit as elective.
Introduced: February 11, 2025
Last action: February 26, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill requires Kentucky's Council on Postsecondary Education to create and maintain official transfer pathways between public colleges and universities in high-demand degree programs. It also requires the council to publish a list of those programs and available pathways online. Colleges would be required to accept transfer credits earned within these pathways as general education credit before counting them as electives, helping students avoid losing credit when they switch schools. Who it may affect: Community college and university students who transfer between Kentucky public postsecondary institutions.
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